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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 5

    Rapid investment in agriculture in emergencies saves lives and livelihoods. Check out why it’s so crucial in times of crises.

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  2. 43 minutes ago

    Disasters directly impact food security by destroying agricultural infrastructure and assets. ’s resilience agenda focuses on reducing people’s vulnerability through risk prevention and reduction.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    .'s new damage and loss methodology for agriculture assesses the impacts of climate-induced extreme events. More info on the methodology 👉

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Vulnerable farming families in post-conflict areas in will be able to better withstand shocks thanks to an -funded project that aims to increase household income while building, repairing and maintaining infrastructure. Read all about it:

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  5. 4 hours ago

    | Emergency preparedness for introduction to

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  6. 5 hours ago

    By building national capacity to prevent, detect and respond to animal disease emergence, is supporting rural farming families to protect their: ➨ health ➨ livelihoods ➨ maintain food security and nutrition

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  7. 6 hours ago

    that early actions conducted to mitigate the impact of harsh winters (dzud) in reduced livestock mortality rates by 13% in beneficiary households compared to non-beneficiaries?

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  8. 21 hours ago

    It is critical to couple food production support with education, particularly during protracted crises. Food production alongside nutrition education enables people to feed their families and the greater community.

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  9. 23 hours ago

    Drought is the costliest type of disaster in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Read more about "The Impacts of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security" 👉

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  10. 24 hours ago

    In , 's work supports families returning to retaken areas, IDPs, host communities and refugees from . Find out how an -funded project is helping to secure agricultural livelihoods and build resilience:

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  11. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    . - will develop new learning tools on ⬇️ 🔷Nutrition education 🔷Food security 🔷Sustainable food systems To support the most vulnerable and to achieve . Learn more:

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  12. Jul 5

    . 2018 priority activities and achievements in NE 👇 Read full situation update here:

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  13. Jul 5

    loses an estimated 1500 people to rabies every year. Following recent reports of outbreaks of rabies in humans in Moshi, (through funding) acted promptly in alliance with national partners. Learn more:

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  14. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    When we talk about disasters and our responses to mitigate their effects, it’s important to remember one of the victims is agriculture – Assistant Director-General Kundhavi Kadiresan speaking on side lines of

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  15. Jul 5

    helps to safeguard agricultural livelihoods in the face of disasters. Avoided livestock losses and added benefits from early actions against the 2017/18 dzud in amounted to a stunning $2,008 per each beneficiary household.

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  16. Jul 5

    The number of people fleeing their homes due to conflict, hunger and climate-driven disasters continues to rise. supports displaced and host populations to increase their access to and the availability of food. Learn more:

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    Jul 4

    Immediate synergy, concrete partnership: and join forces to work even more closely together on support to , & advocacy and heritage. Today's agreement only strengthens . Merci beaucoup, !

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    In support of conflict-affected families, FAO Syria has distributed high productive type of beehives and beekeeping kits to 500 vulnerable households in Rural Aleppo, Syria.

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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    Not 100 Not 200 Not 300 Not 400 Not 500 Not 600 Not 700 Not 800 But 815 MILLION go hungry EVERYDAY. The only acceptable number is: ZERO

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  20. Jul 4

    Acting early in the face of dzud brought significant returns to herders in : For every $1 invested in destocking-for-cash activities and provision of feed and nutrient supplements, each beneficiary household had a return of $7.1

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  21. Retweeted
    Jul 2

    Do you want to know more about 's work in China on and more? 👉 Read now the monthly newsletter!

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